BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
VIII· A Course in the Philosophy of the Christian Religion. Note : Two-year students will be permitted to take only part of this course. This course aims to interpret Christiani ty in its world set ti ng and to consider the validity of its claims in the light of Philosophy, Science and Criticism. . Constructively this will mean a study of the Bible P hilosophy of Religion. It will fo llow two definite lines of study, each covering a period of three school years. First, a study of the history of the Chr istian Religion. Second, an interpretation of the hi sto ry. (FIRST YEAR WORK) I. The Or igin and Development of the Chri stian Religion. 1. The World Background. (a) Greek Thought-an outfine of the result of men's endeavor to understand history and the world. (b) Roman Politics-an out line of t he results of hunian Governments. ( c) Hebrew and popular religions-an outline of the issues of mens' thi nking about God . 2. Birth, Life, Mini stry, Death and Resurrection of Chri st. A brief study of the Historical Christ-or t he Chri st of the Gospels. 3. The origin of the Church and the conflict and develop ment of the Christian religion in the first four cen turies A. D. 4. The orgin and development of the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic Churches up to the 12th Century.
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5. The Reformation. (a) The world and political background. ( b) The Religious and Ecclesiast ical background. ( c) The origi n, nature and sign ificance of the three great branches of the Reformation-the Lutheran, E ngli sh and Reformed.
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